commenting on past fic -- to do or not to do, that is the question?

[sealie]

so the comment thing on past fic is an interesting affair. I posted the latest ‘Uhane H5O TS fusion, and I got a few comments on it (which is awesome), and a bunch of new and/or repeat readers (based on numbers and increase in the number of kudos) on all the other stories in the series, and all my other stories including the out-there stuff. But only one person has commented on the old stories.

Why not comment on an "old" fic?

Comments

[jimandblair.livejournal.com]

yeah comments impact on the future fic. I wrote one of my short ts fusions (not on A03) purely in response to a comment. when I was writing the Co-op it was quite interesting in that I was generally 4000 to 10,000k ahead of the posted parts but the comments has relevance, and provided insight to part that I was writing.

in the main, we writer-and-reader share a similar 'mind field' but there was the occasional OMG why didn't I think of that!

[sholio]

but there was the occasional OMG why didn't I think of that!

Yes, exactly! :) I've found it really handy, on occasion, to have a sort of reality-check from the readers as I'm going along. It's much better to realize I've done something stupid after three chapters than after twelve.